EP 2517767 A3 20130327 - Self-righting frame and aeronautical vehicle
Title (en)
Self-righting frame and aeronautical vehicle
Title (de)
Selbstaufrichtender Rahmen und Luftfahrzeug
Title (fr)
Cadre à auto-redressement et véhicule aéronautique
Publication
Application
Priority
US 201113096168 A 20110428
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP2517767A2] An aeronautical vehicle that rights itself from an inverted state to an upright state has a self-righting frame assembly has a protrusion extending upwardly from a central vertical axis. The protrusion provides an initial instability to begin a self-righting process when the aeronautical vehicle is inverted on a surface. A propulsion system, such as rotor driven by a motor can be mounted in a central void of the self-righting frame assembly and oriented to provide a lifting force. A power supply is mounted in the central void of the self-righting frame assembly and operationally connected to the at least one rotor for rotatably powering the rotor. An electronics assembly is also mounted in the central void of the self-righting frame for receiving remote control commands and is communicatively interconnected to the power supply for remotely controlling the aeronautical vehicle to take off, to fly, and to land on a surface.
IPC 8 full level
A63H 27/127 (2006.01); A63H 30/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A63H 15/06 (2013.01 - EP); A63H 27/12 (2013.01 - EP); A63H 30/04 (2013.01 - EP); B64U 10/20 (2023.01 - EP US); B64U 30/24 (2023.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] US 2010224723 A1 20100909 - APKARIAN JACOB [CA]
- [XA] US 7273195 B1 20070925 - GOLLIHER CLAYTON R [US]
- [A] US 6550715 B1 20030422 - REYNOLDS JOHN [US], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2517767 A2 20121031; EP 2517767 A3 20130327; EP 2517767 B1 20141210; AU 2012202428 A1 20121115; AU 2012202428 B2 20170427; CA 2775429 A1 20121028; CA 2775429 C 20191015; IL 219466 A0 20120731; IL 219466 A 20160630; JP 2012232735 A 20121129; JP 6125152 B2 20170510
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 12165691 A 20120426; AU 2012202428 A 20120427; CA 2775429 A 20120427; IL 21946612 A 20120429; JP 2012102362 A 20120427